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They had been found guilty in three separate murder cases. Authorities had invited journalists from Kuwaiti publications to witness the executions.

The last recorded case of the death
penalty being carried out in Kuwait was six years ago when a Pakistani
man was executed for drug trafficking, according to Amnesty
International.

No escape: The Saudi prisoner is held by two executioners as he puffs on his final cigarette

The sentenced prisoner is pictured blindfolded and smoking as he led away to his execution

Final minutes: Two of the three men are walked up on to the scaffolding platform to their execution

Kuwait, which has a population of
around three and a half million people, operates a judicial system which
is a mixture of Islamic Sharia law, English common law, and the Ottoman
civil code.

The state carried out 72 executions (69 men and three women) between April 1964 and May 2007.

Crimes that carry the death sentence
include drug trafficking, murder and treason. Sentences are not carried
out publically however members of the media act as witnesses and
pictures are published in the hope it will act as a deterrent

KUNA said 48 people remain on death row in Kuwait.

A medic prepares to examine one of the executed men to confirm sentence has been carried out

Medics check one of the executed men to ensure his heart has stopped

Lifeless: Undertakers arrive to remove the bodies of the three men

|No escape: The feet of two of the men are seen dangling above the ground after the sentence was carried out

An executioner, his hand still on the handle that operates the trap door through which the prisoner falls to his death, looks down with a colleague at the lifeless body